New judge sets Dec. 12 hearing on Ohio cop shooting retrial

Updated 12:10 am, Friday, December 2, 2016

Photo: John Minchillo, AP

Image 1of/3

Caption

Close

Image 1 of 3

FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing leaves court after the second day of jury deliberations in his murder trial in Cincinnati. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters' widely expected decision to retry Tensing on a murder charge in the traffic-stop shooting of Sam DuBose came with the surprise that he wants to move the next trial out of the Cincinnati area. A judge declared a mistrial Nov. 12 after jurors remained hung after 25 hours of deliberations. less

FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing leaves court after the second day of jury deliberations in his murder trial in Cincinnati. Hamilton County ... more

Photo: John Minchillo, AP

Image 2 of 3

Hamilton Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz presides over court Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Cincinnati. Ghiz was selected Tuesday to preside over the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose. (Liz Dufour/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) less

Hamilton Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz presides over court Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Cincinnati. Ghiz was selected Tuesday to preside over the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer ... more

Photo: Liz Dufour, AP

Image 3 of 3

Hamilton Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz presides over court Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Cincinnati. Ghiz was selected Tuesday to preside over the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose. (Liz Dufour/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP) less

Hamilton Common Pleas Court Judge Leslie Ghiz presides over court Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Cincinnati. Ghiz was selected Tuesday to preside over the retrial of former University of Cincinnati police officer ... more

Photo: Liz Dufour, AP

New judge sets Dec. 12 hearing on Ohio cop shooting retrial

1 / 3

Back to Gallery

CINCINNATI (AP) — The new judge in the case has scheduled a Dec. 12 hearing to discuss plans for the retrial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with killing a black motorist during a traffic stop.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz (GIHZ) was selected this week to preside over the retrial of Ray Tensing on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the July 2015 shooting of Sam DuBose.

A key issue will be Prosecutor Joe Deters' (DEE'turz) effort to move the retrial out of the Cincinnati area. Deters has said jurors in the first trial were fearful of being identified amid community pressure.

The first trial judge, Megan Shanahan, recused herself Monday. She declared a mistrial Nov. 12 because of a hung jury.